Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Major factors driving this growth include declining battery costs leading to more affordable EVs, expanded charging infrastructure, government incentives and standards, and corporate sustainability initiatives. It also proposed multi-pollutant emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 and later.

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Fleet Industrial Industry Charging 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

Today, on all Volkswagen vehicles with an electric or plug-in hybrid drive system, the battery charging status is indicated in the instrument panel or via LEDs near the charging socket. The goal is to enable the driver to be able to see whether the battery is still charging or is fully charged from any angle.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Initially, there are five versions of the EV6 with two different batteries, rear (RWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD), and between 167 and 320 hp. It’s available in both RWD or AWD and has two battery options, either a 55 kilowatt-hour (kWh) or 77.4 kWh lithium-ion-polymer battery. What Is the EV6? inch wheelbase.

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Kia Wind EPA All-Electric 102

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Matt Zaluzec, Ford technical leader, Global Materials and Manufacturing Research, was the use of technologies that are targeting the use of mixed materials and that are available today. A 10% reduction in vehicle weight can result in a 6%-8% fuel economy improvement. How light could you make vehicles? …

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance.

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